"The winged words uttered in this House have……" — Caleb Cushing

"The winged words uttered in this House have gone forth to the world, on their mission of good or of evil."

— Caleb Cushing

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24 Quotes by Caleb Cushing

Caleb Cushing has 24 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will ye be true to your…
Upon the Constitution, upon the pre-existing legal rights of the People, as understood in this country and in England, I…
Here, again, as I conceive, gentlemen forget that this government is a republican one, resting exclusively in the intelligence and…
And if this House is to be scared, by whatever influences, from its duty, to receive and hear the petitions…
It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish between the refusal to receive a petition, or its summary rejection by…
I declare and protest in advance, that I do not intend, at this time at least; to be drawn or…
The right of petition is an old undoubted household right of the blood of England, which runs in our veins.
Entertaining these opinions of the course to be pursued, I beg of gentlemen to look at the question, as I…
Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy which is…
You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption…
I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it will take such…
The proceedings of this House in 1790, in reference to petitions on the matter of the slave trade, and of…

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Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite… — Hannah Arendt
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good… — Hannah Arendt
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. — Aristotle
No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye. — Aristotle
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil… — Aristotle
The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to… — Chester A. Arthur
Guns are evil! And very little good comes from the availability of a bullet designed to kill human beings! — Mackenzie Astin
Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good. — Wystan Hugh Auden
The greatest evil is physical pain. — Saint Augustine
He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he… — Saint Augustine
God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist. — Saint Augustine

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